Nobleza de Navarra: Organización familiar y expectativas de futuro

Abstract

The families of the Navarran nobility had a special evolution. The family structure that compelled to the fact that only one of the scions, and not necessarily the eldest male, kept the family possessions compelled the others to look for other professional and personal outlets. There have been examples of all types, from those which endeavoured to go to America, to those who, thanks to their studies could find a place the complexities of the polisynoidal system of the Spanish Austria lineage; without ignoring that the ecclesiastic career constituted another door which opened towards prosperity and social and personal ascent.